How Bendigo became 'the spearhead of communism' | This week in history

Tom O'Callaghan
Updated June 14 2021 - 6:43am, first published June 12 2021 - 4:00am
BITTER FUED: RSL members led fights to evict communists from Bendigo Trades Hall in 1949 and 1950. Below is an example of the anger the issue provoked. Pictures: FILE PHOTO and BENDIGO ADVERTISER (courtesy of the Bendigo Library)
BITTER FUED: RSL members led fights to evict communists from Bendigo Trades Hall in 1949 and 1950. Below is an example of the anger the issue provoked. Pictures: FILE PHOTO and BENDIGO ADVERTISER (courtesy of the Bendigo Library)

BENDIGO had become "the spearhead of communism" and its trades hall needed to be purged, an RSL sub-branch president declared as hundreds of veterans prepared to march on the View Street building.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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